I just think how hibernate is able to join a table which name is stored as a variable in a column.
Example (this is just an example! i know this example is ridiculous, but assume there might be similar
cases which make more sense!)

Assume we have 3 tables defined:

Address
--------
column1 : name
column2 : table_name

Home
-----
column1 : street

Office
------
column1 : street

Content of Address e.g.

Address
---------------------
name | table_name
---------------------
Bert | Home
Simpson | Office

Is it possible in Hibernate to join by "variable name"??

Thanks a lot! Klaus



-> i just recognized that this could be implemented by @any tags
see http://www.jroller.com/eyallupu/entry/hibernate_the_any_annotation

-Klaus